Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally

[Steven Ringwald]

On Nov 29, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Clint Olsen wrote:

> Apologies if this isn't the correct forum.  I'd like to configure  
> DNS on my
> home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP.  So, when  
> hosts are
> plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect  
> the
> hostnames.  That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all
> databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses.  I know Windows  
> allows
> name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but  
> I'd like
> it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network.
>
> The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits  
> for
> DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want.  I'm not  
> trying to
> update a remote DNS record.  This is just a local thing.
>
> If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon,  
> that
> would be fine too.  I just need to know where to start.

Try the following; it is for DHCP and BIND9...

http://my-mili.eu/matt/docs/dynamic-dns-with-dhcp-and-bind-9/



Steve